CFC Insights Conference
with Pierluigi Collina, Chairman of the FIFA
Referees Committee, under the theme :
“Common frontiers between sports
and commercial arbitration”
About Casablanca Arbitration Days
Casablanca Arbitration Days is a key event that brings together legal professionals, academics, and arbitration practitioners to discuss the latest trends and developments in the field.
This Year’s Speakers
Pierluigi Collina
Chairman of the Referees Committee
FIFA
Emad Hussein
Accredited Mediator ( CEDR, SIMI & IMI) Senior Research Fellow
SIDRA
Samy Rais
Associate International Arbitration
Clifford Chance
Christian Vidal
Counsel Advisory
Centreon WTO Law (ACWL)
Jorge Ibarolla
FIFA Mediator Swiss Basketball: President of the Disciplinary Commission
Giovanni M Fares
Legal Counsel presso Court of Arbitration for Sport
Jalal Al Ahdab
Partner, Approved Arbitrator
Bird & Bird
Magnus Langer
Counsel
Hassan Arab
Regional Head of Dispute Resolution Department – Litigation & Arbitration
Al Tamimi & Company
Michael Black
Court Member
CIMAC
Mamadou Konaté
Associate Lawyer
Jurifis Consult
Jacob Grierson
International Arbitration Partner
Anima Dispute Resolution
Tarik Mossadek
Member of the CIMAC Arbitration Court and Partner
Kawtar Jalal
Member of the CIMAC Arbitration Court and Partner
Tarik Zouhair
Member of the CIMAC Arbitration Court and Partner
João Nogueira da Rocha
Lawyer
MRGL ADVOGADOS
Hamid Addi
Attorney-at-law, Managing Partner
ADDI ADVISORY & LITIGATION
Ghada M.Darwish
Arbitrator
Sports Arbitration Tribunal
Sabin Gherdan
Sports Lawyer | Partner
Gherdan & Associates
This Year’s Speakers
Pierluigi Collina
Chairman of the Referees Committee
FIFA
Emad Hussein
Accredited Mediator ( CEDR, SIMI & IMI) Senior Research Fellow
SIDRA
Samy Rais
Associate International Arbitration
Clifford Chance
Christian Vidal
Counsel Advisory
Centreon WTO Law (ACWL)
Jorge Ibarolla
FIFA Mediator Swiss Basketball: President of the Disciplinary Commission
Giovanni M Fares
Legal Counsel presso Court of Arbitration for Sport
Jalal Al Ahdab
Partner, Approved Arbitrator
Bird & Bird
Magnus Langer
Counsel
Hassan Arab
Regional Head of Dispute Resolution Department – Litigation & Arbitration
Al Tamimi & Company
Michael Black
Court Member
CIMAC
Mamadou Konaté
Associate Lawyer
Jurifis Consult
Jacob Grierson
International Arbitration Partner
Anima Dispute Resolution
Tarik Mossadek
Member of the CIMAC Arbitration Court and Partner
Kawtar Jalal
Member of the CIMAC Arbitration Court and Partner
Tarik Zouhair
Member of the CIMAC Arbitration Court and Partner
João Nogueira da Rocha
Lawyer
MRGL ADVOGADOS
Hamid Addi
Attorney-at-law, Managing Partner
ADDI ADVISORY & LITIGATION
Ghada M.Darwish
Arbitrator
Sports Arbitration Tribunal
Sabin Gherdan
Sports Lawyer | Partner
Gherdan & Associates
December 13 08:30 – 10:15
Casablanca Arbitration Days
Programme
08:30 – 09:15
Welcome coffee
09:15 – 09:30
Opening Ceremony & Welcoming Speeches
09:30 – 10:15
Keynote speech with Mr. Pierluigi Collina
10:15 – 10:45
Coffee break
10:45 – 12:15
Panel 1 :
The role of arbitrators in sports disputes: balancing specific expertise and impartiality
12:15 – 14:30
Lunch break
14:30 – 16:00
Panel 2 :
Sports arbitration centers: adapting to aglobalized sporting landscape
16:15 – 17:45
Panel 1 :
Arbitration of disputes in banking,securities, and insurance
17:45 – 19:15
Panel 2 :
Investment arbitration and disputes in the financial sector
END OF DAY 1
08:30 – 09:15
Welcome coffee
09:00 – 10:30
Panel 1 :
The rise in costs of international arbitration : a barrier to access or a necessary investment?
10:30 – 11:00
Coffee break
10:30 – 12:00
Panel 2 :
Third-party funding in arbitration : enhanced fairness or the risk of distorting justice?
12:30 – 13:00
Closing remarks
END OF DAY 2